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KFS
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Jul 10, 2013

Things that go Crash in the night! (Or day). Share yours?

Sleeping tight in our Fifth Wheel (Big Tiny) when we are startled out of a sound sleep by a horrendous, metallic BANG. One of those instant awake situations where DH and I dispense with "did you h...
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hershey
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Jul 11, 2013
Sleeping tightly and in the middle of the night BOOM! An explosion!!!
We both woke wondering what the heck was that. Looked around the RV, we were in a campground that was very crowed and spaces very close together.
Couldn't figure anything out so we went back to bed.
Two days later I saw a piece of a battery case on the ground below my RV. Then my water hose had a brown stain all over it....
Yup, it was my battery that blew up. It was nearly 7 year old so 2 new Interstate starter batteries installed.

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